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Sale Of Tobacco Products And Retail Crime

EDM number 2183 in 2006-07, proposed by Dawn Butler on 24/10/2007.

That this House welcomes the increased legal minimum age of sale for tobacco products from 16 to 18 years of age; notes that according to a recent survey by the British Retail Consortium retail crime has increased by 50 per cent.; further notes that retailers are concerned they may face intimidation or violence as a result of the change and that smaller independent retailers are at greatest risk; acknowledges that fixed penalty notices can be issued to those under the age of 18 years who attempt to buy alcohol; considers that if it were an offence for those under the age of 18 years to attempt to purchase tobacco this would act as a deterrent to children from doing so and relieve pressure on shop owners and reduce potential violence; and calls upon the Government to bring forward proposals to bring into line the legal penalties for the attempted purchase of tobacco with that of alcohol.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dawn Butler24/10/2007Brent SouthLabourProposed
Emily Thornberry24/10/2007Islington South and FinsburyLabourSeconded
Barry Gardiner24/10/2007Brent NorthLabourSeconded
Andrew Love24/10/2007EdmontonLabourSeconded
Karen Buck24/10/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSeconded
Dennis Skinner24/10/2007BolsoverLabourSeconded
Desmond Turner25/10/2007Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Philip Davies25/10/2007ShipleyConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley25/10/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Drew25/10/2007StroudLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp25/10/2007Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Alan Simpson25/10/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Jim Devine29/10/2007LivingstonLabourSigned
David Anderson29/10/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Betty Williams29/10/2007ConwyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis29/10/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor29/10/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Diane Abbott29/10/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Andrew George29/10/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster29/10/2007Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Bill Etherington29/10/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer29/10/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn29/10/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith29/10/2007Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Alan Meale29/10/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
David Lepper29/10/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Lynne Jones29/10/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Eric Illsley29/10/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned

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